Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 1115
"This old man also pays 50 taels." Han Xizai said, how could Ma Wentao be left behind? It's just that their Ma family is no better than the Han family, and 50 taels of silver has already caused their Ma family to bleed, while 100 million taels of silver has an impact on the Han family. Not big.

"My lords, my family's income is only the salary from the imperial court. I try my best, but I can only get 2 taels of silver." Li Junhao said with a wry smile.

"Let me offer 20 taels!" Yu Wen said.

"Let me offer 30 taels!" Zeng Shangfei said.

Everyone in the hall was chattering, and in a short while, more than 200 million taels of silver were pooled together.

Jia Xian's face brightened a little, and he said: "My lords, don't talk about other places, just the tens of thousands of troops besieging Jingzhao Mansion will consume more than two hundred thousand taels of silver every day, and the two million taels of silver can't support How many days. This is not counting other normal consumption."

"Solicit donations!" Ma Wentao said, "To solicit donations from the people, you can raise as much as you can. The court will use the tax to offset the donations and count them as points on the list of benefactors. Pension deposits."

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At the junction of Hedong Road and Hebei West Road, Ye Chen led the army to set up camp for rest.This place is only more than 300 miles away from Zhending Mansion, which is still under siege by the main force of the West Road Army of the Liao Army led by Shi Fat. Yu Jia's personal conquest was just to attack Zhending Mansion frantically, while sending a large number of scouts to scout Ye Chen's army's every move, and at the same time shrinking troops, there was no other reaction.

"The strength of the Liao army is comparable to ours, and most of them are elites, and most of us are descended from the Song Dynasty. It is only right that we are not afraid of us!" Ye Chen said.

After a pause, Ye Chen turned around and said to Huang Dongqiu, Tuoba Gelu, head of the White Wolf Army, Zhan Xiong Wu, head of the Xuanwu Army, Tang Xingwu, Wang Chao, and Hei Yue in the account: "However, Guo Wuwei's mind is unpredictable. One heart!"

Huang Dongqiu moved his finger across the map slowly, and said: "Your Majesty, according to the strategy agreed upon by Your Majesty, Dang Jin, and Guo Wuwei, our [-] army and the Song State's Jiang army will divide into two groups, attacking the Liao army on the left and right, and attacking the Liao army on the left and right. There are more than [-] prefectures and counties where the Liao army is stationed, and most of our routes are areas where the Liao army is stationed heavily. The Dangjin and Guo Wuwei's marching routes are mainly the East Road led by Xiao Wanda, the great king of the Southern Academy of Liao. The army, half of its strength is the Bohai Navy and the Han Army, and its combat power is quite different from that of the Liao Army on the West Road under Shi Fatty's command."

Ye Chen smiled slightly and said, "It's okay, as long as Dang Jin and Guo Wuwei play a certain role in restraining the right side."

Now that Ye Chen said so, no one will say anything more on this matter.

Wang Chao said: "Your Majesty, no matter whether Guo Wuwei has any thoughts or not, as soon as the war breaks out, you can see the clues. To be on the safe side, I think you should deploy a team in Chengtong County. Please see, Your Majesty. The county is located at the intersection of the left and right wings of our army, as long as there is any change on the right, the garrison in Chengtong County will find it immediately and can deal with it calmly."

Ye Chen nodded slightly, agreed, and said, "Yes, this is a safe solution."

After a pause, Ye Chen said: "My dear friends, will Shifu engage in a large-scale cavalry field battle with us this time?"

Huang Dongqiu looked at the map, thought for a while, shook his head, and said, "Your Majesty, I think that most of the ministers don't know how to do it. Now our Xiangfu Kingdom's army is famous for its strength, especially its excellent armor and various weapons and equipment. Everyone in the world knows that the cavalry of the Liao Army are brave and not as powerful as ours, but their equipment is not comparable to ours. Although Shi Fatty was defeated by His Majesty back then, he is still a famous general of his generation , in the face of a strong enemy, we will never make a risky move to decide the outcome by a single battle."

"Will he stick to the city?" Ye Chen frowned, "The Liao army is not very good at defending the city."

"Your Majesty, please take a look at the general deployment of the opponent's troops. It seems to be scattered, but in fact it is patchwork. No matter which point we attack, we are all mobilizing our whole body. He wants to mobilize our troops as much as possible, find our flaws in mobile warfare, and strive to gather the main force. Break it with one blow."

"So, at the beginning of the war, Shifu will definitely not confront us head-on, but wants to lure us into this circle." Ye Chen clicked on the map, "Then use these city strongholds to disperse our forces."

"Your Majesty, this is exactly what I mean!" Huang Dongqiu said.

"If that's the case, then Shi Fat has a good idea!" Ye Chen sneered, "But why should we do what he said. My dear friends, our goal in the early stage of the battle is not to annihilate the enemy, but to overwhelm others with power , slowly compressing their troops to Zhending Mansion, forcing Shi Fat to concentrate his forces in Zhending Mansion to fight with us. In this way, Zhao Zan in Zhending Mansion will always be a thorn in the back of the Liao Army, ready to fight against us at any time. It's all possible to get stabbed."

Everyone respectfully said yes.

Ye Chen drew a straight line along the map and said: "Zhan Xiongwu, you lead the Xuanwu Army with 4 people, cut in along this line, cut off the left-wing battlefield from it, and divide it into two different theaters. Sweep the enemy's city and press them into the city. And ascertain the deployment of the opponent's troops in these two areas, so as to decide which area we should attack first."

"I would like to obey His Majesty's order." Zhan Xiong said salutingly.

"The first step is to scare the enemy's courage!" Ye Chen waved his arm, "If you make the enemy timid before fighting, you may win without fighting."

"Your Majesty, who will be stationed in Chengtong County?" Huang Dongqiu asked.

Ye Chen hesitated for a moment, and said: "Our left-wing headquarters has no superiority in terms of military strength against the 6 elite, so let's send 2 troops from the party's [-] troops to garrison!"

"The northwest frontier army is also elite, and they are the best at defending the city. With them stationed in Chengtong County, there shouldn't be any problems." Huang Dongqiu nodded.

"The destination of our first battle is Huangkun County!" Ye Chen clicked a small black dot on the map, "The army uses Huangkun County as the strategic dividing line for the first stage, and when it reaches this level, it will slow down its march Rhythm."

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In mid-December, the army of Xiangfu Kingdom, Dang Jin and Guo Wuwei's descending army, one on the left and one on the right, were like two big pincers, pressing towards the Shifu Department of Zhending Mansion. For this battle, Shifu was also well prepared , the two sides fought fiercely on the land of West Hebei Road, and for a while, they turned into a stalemate.

Ye Chen led an army of [-] troops, went deep into each county, and forced the enemy to retreat into the county. However, the Liao army never had a large-scale conflict with the Xiangfu army. Once he realized that all the counties were in danger of being surrounded from all sides, he immediately ordered the city to be abandoned. Breaking out, facing the situation of tortoise shell slowly breaking out, and surrounded by enemies, the army of Xiangfu Kingdom has no certainty of success in one blow, and is absolutely unwilling to fall into a bitter battle with the enemy, but just follow them closely.

For a whole month, although the army of the Xiangfu Kingdom forced the Liao army back hundreds of miles, there were only a handful of real results achieved. Only Tuoba Gelu had a small gain. The enemy is two thousand.

After fighting for a whole month, a lot of territory was occupied, but not many enemies were eliminated.On the right wing, Dang Jin and the army led by Guo Wuwei are not in a good situation either. The tactics used by Ye Chen are different, and Xiao Wanda's method of dealing with him is also different. Bullying the Song army is not as good as the Liao army. The Song army led by Dang Jin and Guo Wuwei adopted a completely head-to-head attack, and would launch counterattacks from time to time. Compared with the calmness of the left wing, the right wing fought bloody and bloody, even if Dang Jin embraced He has a certain advantage in military strength, but he has only advanced less than a hundred miles in a month.

There was a problem with the simultaneous advance strategy of the left and right wings. The army of Xiangfu Kingdom rushed out, while the Song army led by Dang Jin and Guo Wuwei still retreated. Ye Chen had to stop the pace of attack.

And this month, the first snowflakes are falling from the sky, and the weather has turned very cold.On the basis of occupying Haizhou, Liu Jinyuan's navy captured six nearby counties, and then consolidated.

Xiangfu Kingdom's [-] troops are distributed within four to five hundred miles, while Ye Chen's central army is stationed at the foot of Heihong Mountain. The two cavalry brigades of the Tianwei Legion led by Hei Yue and the [-] dark guards led by Lian Jicheng are guarding Ye Chen. safety.

In the early morning, when Ye Chen walked out of the warm tent, he saw Wang Chao behind him shivering under the bitter cold wind, and asked, "How are the soldiers keeping warm in such a cold weather? Don't freeze." broken!"

Behind Tang Xingwu smiled and said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, before the soldiers came, gloves, headgear, brand new cotton jackets, and quilts were all sent out. Our soldiers, except for their eyes, covered everything else tightly. And the northwest is even colder than here, and it will never freeze."

Wang Chao also said: "On Heihong Mountain, there are inexhaustible trees for heating. Although the weather is indeed harsh, it doesn't affect us at all."

Ye Chen nodded. This year, cotton was planted in Xiangfu Country for the first time, and the output was not high. It was mainly used for military use, and the rest was sold at a high price to earn high profits.Cotton cloth is indeed much more comfortable than silk and linen. Ye Chen has always been quite generous in his investment in the army.

"Your Majesty, this kind of weather is actually beneficial to us. In my opinion, although the Liao army is from the north, the climate is colder than ours in the northwest, but their thermal equipment must be much different from ours. The longer it takes, the worse their morale will be." and combat effectiveness will decline even more.”

Ye Chen nodded and said: "It's a pity that the right-wing Dangjin and Guo Wuwei are too far behind. The news just came yesterday that the two armies of the Liao army are converging. If we continue to fight forward, we will become a lone army. , Shi Fatty will concentrate most of its strength to deal with us, in that case, it will be too passive for us, so we have to wait."

(End of this chapter)